Clothes-pin.



S. M. SOVOGOOL.

CLOTHES PIN.

APPLICATION FILED 00125, 1913.

1, 1 20, 1 66, Patented Dec. 8. 1914,

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STANLEY M. SOVOCOOL, OF ADDISON, NEW YORK.

CLOTHES-PIN.

Application filed October 25, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, STANLEY M. SovooooL, acitizen of the United States, residing at Addison, in the county ofSteuben and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Clothes-Pins, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improve ments in clothes pins and hasfor its object to provide a device of this general character producedfrom a single strand of wire.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in thecombination and ar rangement of the several parts whereby certainimportant advantages are attained and the device is rendered simpler,less expen sive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use,all as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in theappended claims.

In order that my invention may be the better understood I will nowproceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a clothes pinconstructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 isa view in end elevation of the device as illustrated in Fig. 1, showingthe relation of the parts; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showingthe device but partly assembled; and Fig. 4 is a view similar to Figs. 1and 3 showing the initial step in producing a clothes pin in accordancewith the embodiment as herein contained.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, 1 denotes a strand of wire,of requisite gage and possessing a certain degree of resiliency, whichis initially flexed or bent upon itself at substantially its center, asindicated at 2, to produce a bowed portion substantially semi-circularin form. At a predetermined point below the flexed or bowed portion 2,the strands are twisted, as at 3, one about the other with such twistedportion substantially central of the bowed or flexed portion 2, theadjacent portions of such strands being abruptly curved so thatSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

Serial No. 797,313.

the intermediate portions l will be substantially in parallel relationas will the remaining portions 5 thereof. It is to be observed that thefiexure 2 is so produced initially as to have one of the strands ofgreater length than the other so that the projected portion 6 thereofmay be flexed in substantially a semi-circular manner and have its freeextremity welded or otherwise permanently secured to the free extremityof the second strand.

The twisted portion 3 is flexed or bent in such a manner as to bring thesmaller loop afforded by such twisted portion substantially parallelwith the second or elongated loop and it is to be observed that suchshorter loop is of such a length as to extend sufliciently along thegreater loop as to effectually bridge a clothes line or the like toproperly clamp an article thereto.

From the foregoing, it is thought to be obvious that a clothes pinconstructed in accordance with my invention is of an extremely simpleand comparatively inexpensive nature and is particularly well adaptedfor use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may beapplied in operative position and it will also be obvious that myinvention is susceptible of some change and modification withoutmaterial departure from the principles and spirit thereof and for thisreason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precisearrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carryingout my invention in practice.

Having thus fully described my invention what I desire to claim andsecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A clothes pin produced from a single piece of wire bent intermediateits length to produce parallel strands, the free extremities of suchstrands being permanently united, such strands being twisted one aboutthe other intermediate their lengths to afford two loops, said loopsbeing bent so that said twisted portion is disposed at right angles tothe loops to bring such loops into substantial parallel relation, suchloops being normally spaced one from the other throughout their entirelength.

2. A clothes pin produced from a single being normally spaced from saidopposite piece of wire bent intermediate its length extremity of the pinthroughout its length. 10 to produce parallel strands, said strands Intestimony whereof Ihereunto affix my being twisted one about the otheratv a point signature in the presence of two witnesses.

'-' intermediate their lengths to afford a loop, STANLEY M. SOVOCOOL.

said loop and the opposite extremity of the Witnesses: pin being bent sothat said twisted portion FRANK S. WVHITMORE, is disposed at rightangles thereto, said loop E. A. Sovoooon.

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